📏 Form Guide

Silkeborg IF

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Silkeborg IF prepare for this fixture following on from a 3-3 DBU Pokalen stalemate vs Brøndby IF.

For Silkeborg IF, the goals were scored by Andreas Poulsen (8'), Jens Martin Gammelby (34') and Tonni Adamsen (45'). Marko Divković (57') and Mathias Kvistgaarden (81', 84') scored for Brøndby IF.

Three or more goals per game were seen in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Silkeborg IF have taken part. Opposition teams scored 5 of them in this period while Silkeborg IF managed to get a total of 14. We shall soon see if that trend will be sustained in this game.

Coming into this fixture, Silkeborg IF haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.

Vejle BK

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Vejle BK will come into the encounter following on from a 0-1 Superliga win vs Aalborg BK in their most recent outing.

In that match, Vejle BK had 50% possession and 5 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Vejle BK was Stefan Velkov (64'). On the other side, Aalborg BK had 15 shots at goal with 3 on target.

Looking at their form, and Vejle BK have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 10 goals in all. Defensively, Vejle BK just haven’t been too solid at all.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 20/02/2022 shows us that Silkeborg IF have won 4 of them and Vejle BK 2, with the number of drawn matches standing at 0.

In all, 17 goals were scored between them in this period, with 12 of them for De røde and 5 belonging to De Røde. The average goals per game has been 2.83.

The last league encounter featuring these clubs was Superliga match day 5 on 21/04/2025 and the score finished Vejle BK 0-4 Silkeborg IF.

That time, Vejle BK managed 39% possession and 14 shots at goal with 5 on target.

For their opponents, Silkeborg IF got 18 shots on goal with 10 on target. Callum McCowatt (17'), Anders Klynge (51'), Younes Bakiz (56') and Alexander Simmelhack (85') scored.

The match was refereed by Jacob Karlsen.

📰 Team News: Silkeborg IF

Younes Bakiz (unknown injury), Fredrik Carlsen (Broken foot), Alexander Madsen (Hamstring injury), Sofus Berger (Foot bruise) and Pontus Rödin (Knee injury) won’t be available for Silkeborg IF gaffer Kent Nielsen.

In all likelihood, De røde look set to go for a 4-3-2-1 system with Nicolai Larsen, Jens Martin Gammelby, Robin Oestroem, Pedro Ganchas, Andreas Poulsen, Mads Larsen, Pelle Mattsson, Anders Klynge, Callum McCowatt, Tonni Adamsen and A. Illum Simmelhack.

📰 Team News: Vejle BK

We’re of the thinking that De Røde seem likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup, starting the game with Igor Vekic, Thomas Gundelund, Stefan Velkov, Damian van Bruggen, David Colina, Lundrim Hetemi, Luka Hujber, C. Gammelgaard, Kristian Kirkegaard, D. Emmanouilidis and German Onugkha.

🧠 Prediction

Our assessment is that Vejle BK will likely be able to breach the defence of this Silkeborg IF team, but that is unlikely to be as many as they’ll concede.

We’re expecting a narrow 2-1 victory for Silkeborg IF at the end of this one. It should be a decent one.

Victor Martins, 11:03 04/05/2025